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Okay, it's MB's turn, but until she comes back, here's an easy one.

He is well-known for calling a swan a crow, but he may not have actually said it. Who is the other suspect?
 
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Erm, you mean the person usually attributed with having called a swan a crow is Shakespeare? That isn't who I was talking about- did he also do that?
 
honestrosewater said:
Erm, you mean the person usually attributed with having called a swan a crow is Shakespeare? That isn't who I was talking about- did he also do that?
He's all confused. Greene called Shakespeare (aka The Swan of Avon) an "upstart crow". Now the other suspect, who may actually have written this criticism is who you're asking for, right?
 
Right, the "other" Greene. Meh, I don't mean this person is suspected of being Greene- just of writing the quote...
 
Well, I am sure I read about this in Shakespeare by Anthony Burgess, but I can't for the life of me remember who the other suspect was, except that it was a rival playwright (not Johnson). Something about fox or foxes?
 
OK the fox thing is spurious. That's a vague memory of "Volpone".

My guess is: Christopher Marlowe
 
No fox or foxes. It's easy to find if you're a googler. If you aren't, this guy only started writing after the publication of Greene's Groatsworth. His name appears in the title of several of Shakespeare's plays.

Well, with the new clue, Marlowe's out.

Okay, you probably haven't heard of him, but maybe you can get it from other clues. His first name appears in the title of several of Shakespeare's plays.
His last name rhymes with something I presume every self-respecting Brit has in their kitchen and a heavy genre of music.
 
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The only Henry I'm finding is Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey.
 
Nope, but Henry is right. Do you know the thing I presume every self-respecting Brit has in their kitchen? It also rhymes with a heavy genre of music.
 
Based off of that clue alone I would say the last name is Kettle.
 
Kettle, Metal...Henry Bettle? Henry Settle? Henry Petal? Henry Phetal? I got nuthin.
 
The only thing that comes to mind when you say a "heavy" genre of music is either metal (as in Heavy Metal)...and would the Brits have a "kettle" in the kitchen (all that tea drinking). Now I need to find a Henry who rhymes with that, huh?
 
Ahhhh... I didn't see the previous post saying that it only rhymed with kettle.
 
Crap, I leave for a few minutes and everyone shows up. Yes to metal, kettle, and Chettle. I guess MB has a double turn!
 
honestrosewater said:
Crap, I leave for a few minutes and everyone shows up. Yes to metal, kettle, and Chettle. I guess MB has a double turn!
Meh, just means nobody gets cheated out of a turn since it takes me three people's worth of questions to come up with a clue. :smile:
 
I'm going to try going googleless :eek: and guess those corn-on-the-cob holders that you stick in the ends... er... whatever they're called.

Okay, I relapsed - roll film.
 
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I looked it up on google. I think that makes it much too easy.
 
I found hienz tabasco pepper sauce.
 
Yeah, I'm finding conflicting answers- some say William Friese-Greene patented a camera that uses roll film in 1889, some it was George Eastman, some say Eastman patented a better type of film in 1889. If this is the answer, I need to find a reliable source. Anywho, Edison had like a bazillion patents in just 1889!

Anyway, I'm going back on the wagon. Or off the wagon, whichever. And I think the clue is just fine for now.
 
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honestrosewater said:
Yeah, I'm finding conflicting answers- some say William Friese-Greene patented a camera that uses roll film in 1889, some it was George Eastman, some say Eastman patented a better type of film in 1889. If this is the answer, I need to find a reliable source. Anywho, Edison had like a bazillion patents in just 1889!

Anyway, I'm going back on the wagon. Or off the wagon, whichever. And I think the clue is just fine for now.

Nothing to do with photography or Edison. Sorry, didn't realize half the stuff at backyard barbecues was patented the same year. :frown:
 
Okay, I've only ruled out sunscreen and gas grills, so I think I would need a clue. Oh, is it some kind of disposable dish wear or napkins?
 

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